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SUBMITTER: Reynolds JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2665160 | biostudies-other | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Reynolds Jeremy R JR West Robert R Braver Todd T
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 20081014 5
Current theories are divided as to whether prospective memory (PM) involves primarily sustained processes such as strategic monitoring, or transient processes such as the retrieval of intentions from memory when a relevant cue is encountered. The current study examined the neural correlates of PM using a functional magnetic resonance imaging design that allows for the decomposition of brain activity into sustained and transient components. Performance of the PM task was primarily associated with ...[more]